New Zealand Gazette – 1936 – No. 70

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✨ Agricultural Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 70

Estimated Areas under Wheat, Oats, Barley, and Potatoes (Season 1936–37).

Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1936.

As in previous years, cards were sent out by post to grain-growers and to potato-growers throughout the Dominion asking them to state what areas they had sown or planted, or intended to sow or plant, in wheat, oats, barley, and potatoes this season. It may be well to note that only holdings of 1 acre and over outside borough boundaries are covered by the figures appearing below. In the case of potatoes a fair amount is undoubtedly grown on the smaller holdings and on holdings situated within boroughs.

WHEAT, OATS, AND BARLEY.—FINAL AREAS, 1935–36, AND AREAS ESTIMATED AS SOWN OR TO BE SOWN IN 1936–37.

Areas, 1935–36 :— Wheat. Oats. Barley.
For threshing 248,639 77,502 20,659
For chaffing 2,075 227,480 923
Total harvested 250,714 304,982 21,582
Not harvested (fed off, &c.) 1,709 58,314 6,195
Grand totals 252,423 363,296 27,777
Areas, 1936–37 (estimated) :—
North Island 4,500 18,500 3,400
South Island 217,500 277,100 21,900
Totals .. 222,000 295,600 25,300

Particulars as to varieties of wheat and of oats sown or intended to be sown were asked for. The following table gives a summary of results in cases where varieties were specified :—

Wheat. Oats.
Tuscan or Longberry. Hunter’s (Varieties).
North Island 1,411 851
Nelson, Marlborough, and Westland 2,804 1,440
Canterbury 121,446 27,342
Otago and Southland 12,728 6,783
Dominion totals 138,389 36,416

Tabulation of statistics for potatoes gives the following results :—

POTATOES.—FINAL AREA, 1935–36, AND AREA ESTIMATED AS PLANTED OR TO BE PLANTED, 1936–37.

Final Area, 1935–36. Acres. Estimated Area, 1936–37. Acres.
North Island 6,204 5,700
South Island 16,754 17,600
Totals for Dominion 22,958 23,300

J. W. BUTCHER,
Government Statistician.



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🌾 Estimated Areas under Wheat, Oats, Barley, and Potatoes (Season 1936–37)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
22 October 1936
Agriculture, Statistics, Wheat, Oats, Barley, Potatoes, Crop Areas
  • J. W. Butcher, Government Statistician